He felt on firmer ground, now that the discussion had entered a more familiar topic.
In the two independent tasks, test-takers answer opinion questions on familiar topics.
These include familiar topics like arts and education and life style.
Pupils begin by contrasting the period in the past with their own experience today, using familiar topics like homes or the family.
With the conversation turned to more familiar topics, Danug's natural enthusiasm surfaced.
"After I understand something completely, I'm not interested in it anymore," he says, raising a familiar topic.
While we were eating, Anne started on a familiar topic.
This familiar topic gets the better of all the talented people here trying to make it seem fresh (1:30).
Although these are familiar topics, they have developed extra heft.
Common sense is a familiar topic in epistemology and many philosophers make wide use of the concept or at least refer to it.